Three Electric Shock Aversion Therapy (ESAT) survivors have told of physical and lasting psychological pain they experienced ...

Thousands of women in England with mental health problems are being given electric shock treatment despite concerns the therapy can cause irreparable brain damage. NHS data seen by the The ...

After years of tacitly endorsing the only facility in the country known to use electric shocks to address behavior in those with developmental disabilities, a major behavior analysis organization is ...

A federal court of appeals ruled on Tuesday that a Massachusetts school for children with disabilities can continue administering electric shocks to its students. The school, along with a group of ...

Patients in Scotland were forced to receive electric shock treatment against their will almost 1,100 times last year – prompting calls for the NHS to stop using the ‘ethically unacceptable’ procedure.

The Rotenberg center campus in Canton includes a long, brightly lit hall, equipped with multiple options for residents to spend money earned for good behavior including a movie theater, candy store ...

Thank you to the editorial board for examining the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center’s use of shock therapy (“Electric shock should no longer be a form of student discipline,” Aug. 1). The ...

Two recent pieces of legislation are renewing a long-running fight over the practice of using electric shocks on people with disabilities as a behavior modification tool — and the role of New York ...

A Massachusetts school can continue using electric shock devices on its students with intellectual disabilities after the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the ...

Editor's note: The audio includes the sound of a teenager undergoing electric shock treatment. In the early 2000s, Cheryl McCollins enrolled her son Andre, who has autism and other developmental ...

Forget the horror stories of misguided psychiatrists fitting electrodes the temples of people in order to relieve a malaise — electric treatment of the brain is said to be a successful means for ...